Am I wrong or is my professor? : I need creative advice

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Originally posted by: yobarman
she shouldnt be tellin you how to make your film.

i'm assuming that this is at a university and that it's an art type of class (which seems pretty safe to me)

i'm pretty sure that you should do what the professor wants just for the fact that collegiate professors can pretty much do whatever they want to your grade, including fail you because they dont like you. if this teacher is tenured you have no way of winning the fight at all. sure judicial affairs can get involved and reverse your grade but is it really worth it if you could just take the professors idea and get the good grade in the first place

on the other side since it is an art class the professor shouldnt be telling you how to run / make your films and should stay out of the production process. the idea should be only that, an idea to help inspire you. if the professor wont let you do your idea there then i would maybe start a fuss about it.

do what you want, grades arent that important anyways. if you think your idea will be better then use it and just dont be alarmed when the comments start flooding in from the professor

 

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About the only thing missing from her narrative is the girl killing the abuser in the end to save her unborn child, much to his horror and surprise. A creative way to pull off her idea would be to insert some subtle ambiguity into it. Have him overtly examining the various potential murder objects and her very subitility doing the same thing. Give some suspense to it. Well, that and I hate abusers.

That's one thing your idea is lacking. There's no suspense, no surprise. Everything has happened, it's all over. Sure the ultimate motive is unknown, but that's it. With your idea the only question is "why did this happen?" and there's nothing scary about that. With her's, it's "What will happen?" which definetly has potential. Now, you're comparing your idea to Memento, but there is a difference. That one had such a complicated, twisted, unusual plot that messed with the viewers so much they had no idea exactly why Teddy was killed. It became intensely compelling as the movie further showcased the viewer's ignorance and assumptions about the innitial murder. Your idea just dosen't have the time or complexity to make "why" the more compelling quesiton.

Of course it's an art class and its your project. You should do what you think will make the better movie. Though I honestly think that you really, really need to work on your first idea. There is nothing there that truly messes with the viewer, nothing to provoke them beyond the simple "He killed his unborn child and its mother" outrage.

-- Jack

This is not a movie that sparks questions about the meaning of life. Well, maybe one: Dude, where's my Zen?
-- Rottentomatoes.com, Bulletproof Monk